Traveling Back through the Advocate archives: Sept. 13

• The local Aeries of Fraternal Order of Eagles recorded 51 applications for membership, earning the distinction of being the first in the U.S. to secure its quota for the fiscal year. State officers in the organization were among 250 persons attending initial ceremonies here Sunday.

• The Rev. T.H. Runyon, who has served the local Methodist church for the past five years, was transferred by his bishop to churches at South Milwaukee and Cudahy. The Rev. George R. Warren, the Cudahy pastor, will be transferred here.

• Kenneth M. Viste, former Door County superintendent of schools, has accepted the position of school superintendent at Williams Bay, Wisconsin, replacing Voomer H. Sorenson.

• The animals in the Martin Husby barnyard near Sister Bay are scandalized by Gracie, a 3-year-old cow who adopted two pigs. The sow passed to her reward at the birth of the piglets, which quickly attached themselves to Grace for substance.

• Fire on Sunday afternoon destroyed the Hunt and Machia garage in the Fourth Ward in Sawyer, but the Isaac Hunt and Gus Lienau homes, partially damaged, were saved. It is estimated that the cost of the blaze will be in excess of $12,000.

• An informal meeting of a number of Sturgeon Bay businessmen gathered Monday to discuss the project of forming a men’s social club to be call the “Peninsula Club.” The club will conduct its business affairs through a commission, forbid the use of intoxicants in the club rooms, and abstain from the discussion of political or religious subjects in the club.

• The steamer Addie Wade, with Captain Curt Baker, stranded on a reef one-fourth of a mile south of the canal Wednesday morning during a heavy fog. As far as could be seen the Wade suffered no damage and went on her way one freed of the reef.

• Visitors to the state fair in Milwaukee were surprised to find an exhibit of fruit from Door County, which was a credit to the exhibitors as well as to the best fruit-growing belt in the state of Wisconsin. When we learned the county was not to make an exhibition, Messrs. A.W. Lawrence, W.I. Lawrence and D.E. Bingham decided to place an individual exhibit in competition, quietly gathered the choicest of apples and plums from their orchards, and shipped them to the big fair.

• On the war front, the surrender of the entire right wing of the Austro-German army beaten at Tomaszow has been demanded by the Russian army or annihilation will be their fate. The Russians are not doing as well in Prussia, where they are making no progress. On the eastern front the French have seized roads in the rear of the German lines forcing them to be in a general retreat. On the great battle front in which approximately 2 million men have been engaged for eight days, the fighting has been severe.

• Among those who are constructing silos on the outskirts of Sturgeon Bay are Henry Overbeck, Peter Stokdyke and W.O. Brown.

• Nick Jacobs informs us that he has been experimenting with a variety of strawberry known as Everbearing, which accounts for the placing on the market the fruit first week in September. He has found that they can be disposed of at fancy prices. Those he sold this year brought 25 and 30 cents a quart.

• Jacob Dehos was relieved of a tapeworm on Tuesday that measured 60 inches in length. The parasite is on exhibition at his residence.

• A serious fire occurred on the farm of Henry Eggert, town of Ahnapee on Thursday afternoon, which destroyed all of the buildings with the exception of the dwelling and the stacks of grain. The fire occurred while the steam thresher was at work, and nothing except the residence of the owner was saved.

• Mrs. L.D. Lowry of Egg Harbor has opened a millinery store in Masse’s block and plans to become a permanent fixture. She may have to lease the harbor farm and move to the city.

• On Wednesday morning the fog was so thick that the vessels had to actually feel their way. This threw the Corona several hours behind time on her way north.

• Louis Nebel has resigned his position as foreman of Hagen & English’s quarry, and on Monday next he expects to take his departure for Chicago, in the city he will engage in coopering.

• The steambarge Mary Mills was run ashore near the bridge on Saturday morning to make some needed repair about the fore-foot, a leak having got started at that point in some way.

• Quite a number of Door County soldiers are enjoying a visit with friends at home. Among them Jule Warren, fresh and lame from the battlefields of Georgia. A rebel bullet somewhat larger than the end of your little finger entered his left leg, and he received a 30-day furlough to recover his health.

• Bailey Heath of Co. F, 32nd Regiment, came home a few days ago with his beard shaved off and looking so poorly that his friends hardly knew him.

• Richard Ash of the same company is also home for a few days. Health poor, grit good, furlough short.

• New from the front: This department has received intelligence this evening that General Sherman’s advance entered Atlanta today about noon.

• Lt. Joe Harris Jr. has started for and has probably already joined his regiment. Fear he will miss many of his comrades for some are prisoners, many are wounded and some “sleep the sleep that knows not waking.” In the desperate battle at Reams Station on Weldon Road in Virginia, the 36th was badly cut up but 115 were left, and only 25 fit for duty.